Comments on: Joost Launches; Next-Gen Internet TV Coming http://www.rev2.org/2007/01/26/joost-launches-next-gen-internet-tv-coming/ Profiling Web 2.0 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:08:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: universal life insurance http://www.rev2.org/2007/01/26/joost-launches-next-gen-internet-tv-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-139095 universal life insurance Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:54:24 +0000 http://www.rev2.org/2007/01/26/joost-launches-next-gen-internet-tv-coming/#comment-139095 Lovely, informative site, thanks Lovely, informative site, thanks

]]> By: Sid Yadav http://www.rev2.org/2007/01/26/joost-launches-next-gen-internet-tv-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-19056 Sid Yadav Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:01:53 +0000 http://www.rev2.org/2007/01/26/joost-launches-next-gen-internet-tv-coming/#comment-19056 Tim, Good point. I guess the X factor which makes a product succeed is in not actually having it invent something new, but bringing together a selection of things to form something really really good as a whole. Apple's been doing this for a while now, whether it's the personal computer which they bought to the average consumer, the iPod where they screwed the Walkman and MP3 market with a great mix of features and price (again, did they really invent something?), or very recently the iPhone (Smartphones - exist. iPod - exists. The combo with a touch interface, huge screen, and other good things - doesn't.) So, you could in a way say Joost is like an Apple product. They haven't really invented much except for the front-end to what people have probably been dreaming up for a decade; the ability to watch on-demand TV on the Internet. Their addition? An awesome awesome UI, look and feel, full-screen almost DVD-like video with the right Internet speed, seemless interface, etc. etc. Now, you don't see all this in YouTube do you? Whether it goes ahead or not, I don't know, but I know having the names of the Skype founders' and the Apache project gives it SOME value for now. Tim,
Good point. I guess the X factor which makes a product succeed is in not actually having it invent something new, but bringing together a selection of things to form something really really good as a whole. Apple’s been doing this for a while now, whether it’s the personal computer which they bought to the average consumer, the iPod where they screwed the Walkman and MP3 market with a great mix of features and price (again, did they really invent something?), or very recently the iPhone (Smartphones – exist. iPod – exists. The combo with a touch interface, huge screen, and other good things – doesn’t.)

So, you could in a way say Joost is like an Apple product. They haven’t really invented much except for the front-end to what people have probably been dreaming up for a decade; the ability to watch on-demand TV on the Internet. Their addition? An awesome awesome UI, look and feel, full-screen almost DVD-like video with the right Internet speed, seemless interface, etc. etc. Now, you don’t see all this in YouTube do you?

Whether it goes ahead or not, I don’t know, but I know having the names of the Skype founders’ and the Apache project gives it SOME value for now.

]]> By: Tim Graves http://www.rev2.org/2007/01/26/joost-launches-next-gen-internet-tv-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-18965 Tim Graves Sat, 27 Jan 2007 06:59:33 +0000 http://www.rev2.org/2007/01/26/joost-launches-next-gen-internet-tv-coming/#comment-18965 Me too product. Bit Torrent, Veoh, YouTube are all much more compelling. With BitTorrent I can get all the copyrighted stuff I want, in higher quality than Joost. With Veoh, I can get a remote controlled Bit Torrent. With YouTube, I can watch whatever the hell I want, anytime. So tell me again why Joost is so interesting? Me too product. Bit Torrent, Veoh, YouTube are all much more compelling. With BitTorrent I can get all the copyrighted stuff I want, in higher quality than Joost. With Veoh, I can get a remote controlled Bit Torrent. With YouTube, I can watch whatever the hell I want, anytime. So tell me again why Joost is so interesting?

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